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THE 50s STYLE, GRACE AND POISE

At a time when women were wearing matching bags, hats, shoes and gloves. We are watching Cinestyle in Technicolor. 

Fashion has always flirted with the big screen and now that two new films, The Dressmaker and Carol, are out in the cinemas, Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara and Kate Winslet, become our muses once again. With stories of revenge never looking so classy, the bitter sweet fifties (in both films) give us a taste of the incredible sense of style, grace and poise of the era with style lessons from famous costume designers like Oscar-winning Sandy Powell who were inspired by fifties photographers such as Cecil Beaton and vintage clothing from Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar.
Revenge is back in fashion.

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Kate Winslet

«It’s much more comfortable than Titanic! I mean, each period is different. The Titanic sank on April 15, 1912, and if you think of 1912 to 1952, so much changed in terms of fashion — even more than has changed from the ’50s until now. In fact, now we would still wear a great ’50s cut of jacket, because it was really the period in fashion when so much was cemented in how women actually want to look and feel and what they really want to wear. It was just gorgeous being able to play a character who looked that -not just pulled together, but really, truly, cleverly stylish. And the things that she had learned emerged, I felt, in every single outfit that she wore”.
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the code magazine-The Dressmaker-movie-Winslet | the code magazine
the code magazine-Carol-movie-Blanchett | the code magazine
the code magazine-Carol-movie-Blanchett | the code magazine
the code magazine-Carol-movie | the code magazine

Cate Blanchett

“What’s interesting about the film that Todd’s made, and also about Patricia Highsmith’s novel, is that in the end it’s about falling in love. And it’s as much about the age gap between the women as it is about the outsider nature of their love. And so he’s made a beautiful film about falling in love and heartbreak and maturity. The stockings and the heels and the nails, all those things imposed limits on what’s possible in terms of gesture”.
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CREDITS

Words:
Sandy Tsantaki

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